I went WAY more political than normal in this month’s newsletter—thanks to the movies SINNERS & K-POP DEMON HUNTERS🙌🏻🥳 Best movies of the year with mega music plots!!! The classical music industry could take notes. sarahfritz.substack.com/p/music-movi...

Clara Schumann: Warum willst du and’re fragen w/ Town Quartet. Sheet music for sale! Link in bio. #cello #violin #stringquartet #classicalmusic #romanticmusic #claraschumann #femalecomposers

I’m enjoying my social media hiatus—focusing on writing for a while. I’m still doing the newsletter though, linking Clara Schumann to current events. Timeless problems: open.substack.com/pub/sarahfri...

The opening of Clara Schumann's concerto, composed when she was 15 and premiered with Felix Mendelssohn conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Can't wait to perform this with the BBC Philharmonic and Nicholas Carter at Malvern Theatres, 9 May! 🎉 malvern-theatres.co.uk/event/bbc-ph...

My FAV recording of Clara Schumann’s op. 12 & 13 & other without opus lieder. They give her work all the respect & care her she deserves. I’ve listened to it hundreds of times!

Enjoy an utterly hilarious dunk on Dichterliebe from Olivia Giovetti open.substack.com/pub/oliviagi...

I shared some thoughts on the supreme court, EHRC's interim guidance and the feminist dystopia some call 'gender critical' feminism yesterday. feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/meaningles...

Sometimes my research matches my reality too well — now reading Clara Schumann’s frustration at how few of her “educated liberal” friends supported the revolutions in 1848-49. Touché.

Our Composer of the Week @BBCRadio3 is the queen of French #Baroque music, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre. Each day at 4pm Kate Molleson follows her story from the heart of Paris to the golden setting of #LouisXIV's court. Producer Julien Rosa #harpsichord #classicalmusic bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I’ve made all sorts of FANTASTIC discoveries that I’ve decided not share to till the book comes out so that my research doesn’t end up in the AI machine—🙄😜. But just fyi— every day I find exciting stuff I’m so impatient to share with y’all!

@sarahfritz.bsky.social, those Wieck Schumann romances are getting some traction.

It’s that time of year where I procrastinate writing with gardening—for hours—every day. 🪻🌸🌺🌷🌼

Trans Rights Are Human Rights. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action. I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated. #MedSky #EpiSky

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

“Yes, defining women as biological is a disaster for feminism.” @saranahmed.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/feminist...

Today, a brief history of Fanny Hensel's Easter Sonata 🐰🐣🪺💐🎹 and some lore about the origins of Henselpushers.

If you’re protesting this weekend, some helpful info from @wired.com youtu.be/lL34WpoETds?...

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Letitia James, NY AG fighting THE FIGHT against authoritarianism at National Action Network: 🔥🔥🔥 “There’s nothing more dangerous than a woman with a made up mind and my mind is made up.” youtu.be/w9NVNUo5PAo?...

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010 www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...

I really need cis women to understand that this is only BAD news for us. The govt controlling the definition of sex & gender is in the same basket as controlling our bodies. Being anti-trans will NOT protect us. It will only hurt us!

So just found Bettina von Arnim (philosopher, composer, friend of Beethoven & Goethe) visited the Schumann house in Düsseldorf.🤩😍 To the business that she “hated Clara,” I cry bs!

This Saturday y’all! 🥳

I’m to the part where I need to study Tannhauser to understand why Clara hated it so much… 😭😩 Save me!

Trump is now talking about shipping U.S. citizens to prisons in El Salvador. Let me say that again: U.S. citizens. To foreign prisons. This is not just unconstitutional—it’s unhinged.

Exchanges with @sarahfritz.bsky.social & @dchaloux.bsky.social led me to wondering about the role of C19th women in premiering and interpreting Beethoven sonatas. Turns out it’s huge! Here’s a great blog by Heather Taves on just this. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/heathert...

What do y’all know about 1st public performances of the Moonlight Sonata? Clara Schumann started touring with it in 1842 & I bet a lot of those concerts were city/national public premieres… 🧐

Most days I really want attention but can’t think of anything interesting to post so I just spout whatever random Clara Schumann factoid pops into my head.

Looking forward to more mass protests on Saturday!🥳💪🏻 But I’m having serious trouble finding links to the events this time—Anybody got them?

Princess Fluffernut hopes there’s some sunshine in your day today too!

Preparing myself hard for all the accusations of “re-writing history” my book is gonna prompt. Really it’s just that what Clara Schumann did for music history was so 🤯people could hardly believe it who SAW IT HAPPEN.

Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.

A lovely review of Myra book just out from Michael Church in the Camden New Journal 😍 www.westminsterextra.co.uk/article/why-...

So I found something yesterday that means I’m gonna have to disagree with Nancy B. Reich on a thing lots of people quote😬😬😬oops!

The most crowd-pleasingest little piece I play by any composer is without a doubt “On a Quiet Lake” by Florence Price youtu.be/yiT1fJwpAus?...

Happy Birthday, Florence Price! My orchestra’s first commercial recording in years was her Piano Concerto in One Movement and that felt right. #arkansassymphonyorchestra

with Jeff, some number crunching for VAN on the overlap between MAGA donors and classical music philanthropy. turns out it's quite high! van-magazine.com/mag/republic...

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

I’ve arrived at the grief stage that Clara Schumann’s diaries after 1844 were destroyed. For the Dresden & Düsseldorf years, the unabridged primary source is ROBERT’s diary. 😫😭💔 ugh I hate this!

Do y’all get the Women’s Philharmonic Substack? Always very enlightening! Lots of Amy Beach this month😍 open.substack.com/pub/wophil/p...

If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights when interacting with law enforcement, including immigration agents.

TODAY: It’s time to take to the streets nationwide to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission. Nearly 600,000 people are signed up to attend 1,400 events in every state and seven countries. Find out what’s happening near you and join us: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...

The wackiest 19th cent thing I’ve had to study—the pseudoscience of Phrenology (analysis of head shape for personality/ IQ test 🤯) cuz Clara & Robert believed in it.🙄 And all I wanted to write about was music… 🤣

Too many people are being misled or left in the dark when it comes to abortion care. That’s why Rep. Goldman and I re-introduce the Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025.

"[Julia Perry] is another composer who had to find ways to exist beyond the shadows of what society expected from her. After all, she was a Black woman living under Jim Crow. But at the height of her career, she found ways to thrive beyond society’s constraints." buff.ly/RW8uSIV

My friends & I are doing the Hands Off! Protest this Saturday, cuz we need something TO DO, damn it.🤬 There’s one in like EVERY town if you too need something TO DO on Saturday. handsoff2025.com

Some days researching Clara Schumann is the best job ever. Other days I read 💩 like this & wanna claw my eyes out😵‍💫

If you're out of state, sign up for a phonebanking shift to help get out the vote for Judge Crawford: www.mobilize.us/wisdems/

Realizing Clara Schumann composed most during marriage the years she was stuck at home pregnant & couldn’t go on concert tour. She couldn’t travel so she composed instead. ✍🏻🎼